Snow -- and oh yeah, some inside pics

Snow, we had snow ... I didn't get myself organized to taking pics until way late in the day, so the light was low.   It turned out that this brought out the sky in the pics, so I like how they came out.  These pics are from the deck.

Jake and Nate did a bunch of work on the porch, so it is looking good.   The old porch has been torn off & they replaced the posts (which really needed replacing!).

The flash kicked in for these pics, so it doesn't look as dark as the snow pics.

Jake and Michael & Susan braved the snow to come down & help me move in.   So very, VERY cool! Insert snoopy dance here.   I slept in the new part last night for the first time -- and slept very well, since I was very tired.   Here is a pic:

The bed will hardly make it to House Beautiful, but it is in the new bedroom.  Who hoo!

The exercise room has exercise stuff in it now -- and why yes, I did go down this morning & do a little bit of weights.    Next up is to get reacquainted with the treadmill.

And your moment of zen -- flowers.

Carpet

Carpet on the stairs:

First the padding ...

 Then the carpet on top ...

The stairs up to the basement are now done, complete with their own handrail.

The shelves/clothes rods are up in the closet too.

Very close ... I'll move in soon.

Handrails

Jake put the handrails in ...

The stairs to the upper hallway.

The stairs to the lower level.   Yeah, it's hard to tell the difference from a photo.   He spent a while thinking about how to go around the corner.   It looks very nice now that he is done & works well too.

I have internet in the addition now.   I still need to put in the access point to have wireless in my existing house, but it is on the way just the same.

Just because ... it's nice to be able to look out at the stormy weather.

Carpet

I now have carpet in the workout room.   It feels really nice underfoot.

There is carpet in the downstairs under the stairs closet.

The upstairs room is done, floor and trim.

It was really cold out -- the railing was all frozen.

The pump closet has shelves.

More doneness

The heater is installed -- very cool when one wants warm. It is warm too, but that's hard to take a picture of.

The floor is in upstairs.  Nate spent a bunch of time cutting and gluing and ta da!  Lovely floor.

The sink countertops are installed.   They put in one of the sink basins, soon I expect it will be installed to use.

The carpeting in the downstairs room is in progress.

Soon ... :-)

Update

New stuff ...

I have handles on my cabinets:

I went down to Ikea yesterday and came home with cabinet handles and towel holders and door mats and such like.   I did leave some things behind for other people to buy, really -- but I brought home a bunch of stuff too.

The people came today and installed the heat, so it is toasty in the main room now.   There is a unit that sits outside (it's a heat pump) and another that hangs on the wall.   It took a while to install, but it's in now.

The glass in in for the deck.   It might not look very different in the picture, being as how one sees though glass, you'll have to take my word for it that the glass is in.  That's Jake and Nate together putting in one of the panels.

More trim, and door stops -- a detail, but a nice one.

Some trim pictures

Jake built frames for the windows:

He also organized for the drain plumbing to work, something one doesn't usually think about, but it is important.  :-)   Because the existing drain is above the plumbing in the basement there is a pump in the basement that pushes the water up the hill.   I think the pipe they are standing next to is actually part of the rainwater control though.

It's been cold out there in the mornings. That is frost on the deck.  The sun is coming up late too, but happily, it is almost the solstice.